Light-screens for automobiles.



E; G. STAUDE.

LIGHT-SCREEN FOR AUTOMOBILES.

MPUCATION FILED AUGJG. 19M.

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preaching automobiies, by which. the mg tglare of the headhghs may bemoeimef'f or seduced. n'terposed sceens of colei-e6. glass ae 110W used'for he purpose and the objects of my present improvement ae o provide9. screen of the ehameel described which is Simple .in eonseeicion,easily appiied. and'adjused :mii capable of being securely heid freefrom the vibration incident to the eapidl movement of he automobile.Theee objects secure byhe eonsxucion and arrangement of pars es hereneereiesoz-ibed, he nove femmes being oui'- n ie annexed claims.'

311i. he accompanying rewings.

igme l represents e fioni View of u. por- 'ion oi' :an automobiie,showing' ehe wineif shield web. one o my mipeofed. .lignieeieeeemeunteci thereon..

Fig. i?. is mi enieged 'View of e pelion of the Windshied ivih :myimploved iight screen ateeiled 5o lie ieil os fixe Winfieizieid.

Fig'. 3 is e eeniei seeimmi View of my improved iight screen on illepiane u broken iine SMS, iT 2.

Fig. is an eniaigeli View :1 :Jorio `the rim of the iight screen,showing ib-e eine next he Windehieifi. and

Fig. 5 shows o, central seetopei View oi" gone the damping boics.

Simiizu reference ehaneeis refer "zo simiier parts in 'ne differentfigures. r

Referring to be drawings, l denotes the Windshield ofen automobie whichmay be of any known form of eenstructionn in iiie .esent instancecomprising 'lt/Wo sheefrs of te glass inciosed in a suiaoie framework,of which 2 denotes the uppez' mii :and f5, 3 lle side rails of the upperheb? of ehe Windshield. The iight sereem embodying my Diesemimpimfemen;9 is zepresened at e end consiste e eolies 5 dividedbetween."

wi spaced apartige form 'with zee.

on one side E Raving en inercio shailow gioove 7 foe lle inserioi of'ei-" cular' disk 3 of any suiabie" meteze'i. eee??l es eoioiged giass,`foe 'reduca' ehe 1i of iight/'passing hezehz-ouggo. he J. ends of therim 5 me provided 'w1 n 9 and i0 having ained iioies., thai: -e ug 9piein and. hm; in ehe being seieW-hreeiieci te e see-ew 1T., by whifff-@5f getiaer, :thereby c ehe rim :if

@n ehe Side oiithe 1 l 9 and l0 are. a i embrace the rame'wozk o VS and,ns 'epfesened in vBiffi ,e tacked to the top'zaii f; oi; @he Wiosoiei i.The Cle-.mp5 conse #No deff-'i members l?) ami le which eontee :le uppefedges l5 and are drawn oggeme 15 against he wif.' 2 of ioe Wndsoie ily:oleane of e. wiping-boi@ i@ convenience of efijus'm n., pzovieifi W elevez l? passing if f heee. of? ehe boi,

ee commedie@ W' joints eepebie bei oe igheied foy elem "which are serewiii. o the hinged gfom. are povifled "W'fl n' s mailed io the ende oi'ie @Ehe iettee from ieeng acc f awn.

The inge ami i@ pi next the Windshield Wi moi-actions 21-21 sociie whenthe legs for iie eeeeption of ber 23, which is ofsow se.. shield l andsi'ghtijg' compresse-i wen 'iie screen is damped in posiioii los ehe,pmipose o"- eheeking 'doe 'vbmion ineien': ao the af o the machine. ereeine@ feioei 23 e threeqoint efseehmen the eeeee. to the Windshei,ffieeby seee- 21 il z i` form @essere "h/e e# The heads of the be's lome jgovieo. 'meh longitudinai holes 24. in the boore 5 which areinserted yieiding 'mabber bios ere siigniy eompeseeei ioseiecli for he@weee eenf agay. f

the levers are capable of being moved lengthwise 1n order to securesuliicient leverage to securely bind the clamping members i 13 and ltvagainst the framework of the 5 windshield. I 'The screen 4 is placed .insuitable posi- ,tion' to enable the chauffeur, by a slight.

taching' it :trom the `framework of the windv .'sheld, or for thepurpose of cleaning the vopposing surfaces .of the screen andwindshield, the former may be swung on its hinged joints 18 into,theposition indicated 3, and the hinged by broken lines 26, Fig.

thescreen in its goints tightened to hold n raised position.. i l `'Whenthe screen 1s lowered the hinged joints .ld-are again tightened. Thetigjghten-4 ylng of the clamps l2 serves to4 bind the yieldin" blockagainst shieldand the elasticity 'of the block Q3. furthe glass of thewindther serves, when compressed by the lugs 2l. to exert a pressureagainst the screw 1l and 30 prevent its becoming loosened by the jar ofthe machine.

I claim: I LA light screen for automobiles comprising a rim divided onone side, a colored medium for the transmission of light held by saidrim, means for' detachably attaching the rim t0 a supporting framework,means for'uniting the ends of the divided rim, a pair of opposingprojections carried 4o by the ends of the rim, and a yielding memberclamped therein by the 'rim uniting means. y

'2. The combination with a framework and a. windshield supportedthereby, of a rim provided with a pair of spaced clamping membersadjustably attached to one side of said framework, apyielding blockcarried between the free ends of said rim and ,bearing againstthewindshield, and a colored medium carried by said rim. i Dated this 21stday of lfngus't, 1914,

l 4EDWIN STAUDE. Witnesses:

D. W. Hermien,

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